---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to including rifles and shotguns in warnings to consumers regarding the risk of death or suicide"
description: "Includes rifles and shotguns in required warnings to consumers regarding the risk of death or suicide in homes where such weapons are present."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 743"
citation: "New York S 743 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6dd3b99-067f-453c-bee2-4b915879657f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S743"
source_hash: "35a4cbb9edf8ac97dff5167444ce6ebb13b47209241592f8b65e7cee2273942b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 743 (2025-2026) — Relates to including rifles and shotguns in warnings to consumers regarding the risk of death or suicide

Includes rifles and shotguns in required warnings to consumers regarding the risk of death or suicide in homes where such weapons are present.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S743&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **98–50** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
- Pete Harckham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.18
- **2025-02-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A437
- **2025-03-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.42
- **2025-03-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** SIGNED CHAP.114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6dd3b99-067f-453c-bee2-4b915879657f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).